Turkey

National broadcaster TRT has confirmed that Turkey will not return to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2016. TRT states on their Teletext page: “There is currently no intention to return to the contest, even though we still see the relevance of Eurovision.”

Turkish broadcaster TRT has told the EBU that they definitely have decided not to return to the Eurovision Song Contest next year. The Turkish broadcaster has released a statement regarding the next contest in Copenhagen.

The chances of Turkey returning to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2014 are slim. TRT-manager Ibrahim Sahin told the Turkish newspaper Radikal that he is only willing to make a comeback if the EBU changes the voting system.

[cft format=0] During our live coverage from Amsterdam, ESCDaily.com caught up with this year’s Turkish representative, Can Bonomo, in Amsterdam! Can will represent Turkey in Baku this May with his ethnic pop track ‘Love Me Back’. We spoke to him about the song and his preparations [read more…]

[cft format=0] The Turkish representative, Can Bonomo, released the official video clip for his Eurovision entry “Love me back”. The director of the video clip is Can Saban, the director of the photography is Murat Tuncel while the stylist is Umut Eker. Turkey is taking [read more…]

[cft format=0] The official videoclip for Turkey’s Eurovision entry of 2012, ‘Love Me Back’, will be premiered on TRT Müzik on March 15th, 2012. Turkish representative Can Bonomo has already released a teaser for the video, which can be viewed below; More about Can Bonomo: [read more…]

[cft format=0] TRT has confirmed that the Turkish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 will be presented on the 22nd of February 2012. Additionally, Eurovision.tv has announced they will stream the live broadcast on the official Eurovision website! The broadcast will last approximately 30 [read more…]

[cft format=0] Today Milliyet Gazetesi reports that the Turkish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest was selected several days ago. Listeners have described the entry as being uptempo, with Turkish instruments and rhythms. Last month, TRT announced they selected newcomer to the local music scene [read more…]

[cft format=0] On January 9th, Turkish broadcaster TRT announced Can Bonomo as their representative for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest 2012 and have announced further details today regarding the song selection. Today TRT announced that a total of three candidate entries will be prepared and [read more…]